France: Israel stopped mock air attacks

During EU meeting in Brussels, French defense minister says IAF warplanes have stopped mock air strikes targeting European peacekeepers in Lebanpn following incident in which French peacekeepers came within seconds of shooting down Israeli warplanes

Israeli warplanes have stopped mock air attacks targeting European peacekeepers in Lebanon following a French government protest, French Defense Minister Michelle Alliot-Marie said Monday.

"There is no more of that attitude - that is, an openly hostile attitude - like we had over a French vessel, a German vessel and the French ground forces, which caused a real danger of legitimate defense measures being taken," Alliot-Marie told reporters at a European Union meeting.

Incident

France: We nearly fired at IAF aircraft / AFP

French defense minister says country's UN troops were 'two seconds' away recently from firing at Israeli aircraft diving towards their position in southern Lebanon. 'A catastrophe was avoided thanks to the judiciousness of our troops,' she adds